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1971 Decatur Commodores

1971 > Class A > 1971 Midwest League (South)
Overall: 54-70
Scored 447 runs, Allowed 580 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 47-77

Affiliation: San Francisco Giants-NL
Manager: Frank Funk
Represented: Decatur, IL
Ballpark: Fans Field (Decatur, IL)
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1970 / 1972

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Jesus Aristimuno	23	46	135	128	14	30	3	1	0	13	1	0	4	12	.234	.261	.273	.535	35	1	1	1
2	Thomas Borzecki*	22	14	37	31	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	18	.065	.167	.065	.231	2	1	1	1
3	Arthur Carpenter*	22	30	19	15	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	8	.067	.176	.200	.376	3	0	2	0
4	Pedro Cintron	20	18	49	43	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	9	.093	.204	.093	.297	4	1	0	0
5	John D'Acquisto	19	31	91	72	6	8	0	1	0	8	0	0	10	37	.111	.217	.139	.356	10	0	8	1
6	Alan Daniel	21	34	20	19	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.105	.105	.105	.211	2	0	1	0
7	Chuck Erickson	20	115	476	414	39	112	11	2	4	54	3	1	56	74	.271	.363	.336	.699	139	5	0	1
8	Michael Haynes*	19	24	73	64	4	12	5	2	0	2	4	0	9	29	.188	.288	.328	.616	21	0	0	0
9	Skip James*	21	77	333	293	48	72	8	4	9	40	5	0	36	56	.246	.325	.392	.718	115	0	1	3
10	Leon Lacour	23	10	25	19	2	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	5	9	.105	.280	.263	.543	5	0	0	1
11	Angel Leon*	18	18	15	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.071	.071	.071	.143	1	0	1	0		Stats for 2 teams
12	George Maldonado*	20	48	158	141	18	33	4	1	2	17	1	0	14	38	.234	.316	.319	.636	45	3	0	0
13	Willie Manassa	21	6	10	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	7	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	0	0
14	Joey Martin*	22	44	172	146	12	46	8	0	0	15	2	0	25	15	.315	.419	.370	.788	54	1	0	0
15	Butch Metzger	19	13	25	21	1	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	7	.143	.217	.143	.360	3	1	2	0
16	Larry Milbourne#	20	123	555	518	69	156	23	5	5	38	21	2	25	69	.301	.337	.394	.731	204	5	3	4
17	David Mitcham*	22	3	8	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.286	.375	.286	.661	2	0	0	0
18	Charles Munsch	23	68	301	270	36	77	7	2	1	24	0	0	27	38	.285	.349	.337	.686	91	0	3	1
19	Terry Nelson	20	24	93	88	6	13	2	2	1	2	1	1	4	29	.148	.194	.250	.444	22	1	0	0
20	Karl O'Brien	22	6	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0
21	John Parslow	18	24	16	14	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.143	.143	.143	.286	2	0	2	0
22	Lou Pasierb*	24	37	117	99	12	30	2	1	3	10	1	0	17	16	.303	.405	.434	.840	43	0	1	0
23	Manny Perez?	--	37	148	131	16	22	2	0	0	12	1	0	11	13	.168	.240	.183	.423	24	2	2	2
24	Efrain Piza	20	35	123	105	7	18	1	0	0	5	0	0	17	20	.171	.293	.181	.474	19	1	0	0
25	Mike Powers	22	46	161	145	18	26	6	1	1	13	4	0	13	32	.179	.252	.255	.507	37	1	2	0
26	Willie Prall*	21	4	12	10	1	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	.300	.417	.500	.917	5	0	0	0
27	Efrain Pratts	22	52	167	141	12	32	2	0	0	10	5	0	24	23	.227	.341	.241	.582	34	1	0	1
28	Gregory Prickett	21	46	153	140	11	31	6	0	0	15	0	0	12	35	.221	.288	.264	.552	37	1	0	0
29	Luis Quintana*	19	20	27	25	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	.080	.148	.120	.268	3	1	0	0
30	David Ravare	21	59	228	190	22	43	7	2	2	27	0	0	35	34	.226	.350	.316	.665	60	1	2	0
31	Edward Sickinger	24	32	112	89	14	22	1	2	1	5	4	3	18	19	.247	.387	.337	.724	30	3	1	1
32	John Sielicki#	19	9	28	24	5	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	8	.250	.333	.292	.625	7	0	1	0
33	Al Smith*	21	67	301	271	23	74	16	1	3	25	4	3	24	37	.273	.336	.373	.708	101	2	3	1
34	Thomas Smith#	19	94	319	293	33	62	7	0	3	22	2	2	19	67	.212	.269	.266	.535	78	4	3	0
35	Donald Spain	23	7	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
36	Steven Tener	18	24	56	50	3	8	3	1	0	2	0	0	3	17	.160	.208	.260	.468	13	0	3	0
37	Richard Thomas#	18	15	25	22	4	4	0	0	0	2	3	0	2	15	.182	.280	.182	.462	4	1	0	0
38	Gary Williams	21	26	35	31	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	12	.129	.182	.129	.311	4	1	2	0		Stats for 2 teams
	38 Players	20.8	124	4593	4066	447	962	128	29	36	375	63	12	430	832	.237	.314	.309	.623	1256	37	42	18	18

Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	Thomas Borzecki*	22	7	4	.636	2.75	14	13		6	4	0	85.0	72	34	26	6	26	0	98	3	0	3	1.153	7.6	0.6	2.8	10.4	3.77
2	Arthur Carpenter*	22	4	4	.500	2.76	30	3		3	0	7	75.0	52	27	23	3	30	0	81	1	0	3	1.093	6.2	0.4	3.6	9.7	2.70
3	John D'Acquisto	19	10	13	.435	3.13	31	29		14	3	1	233.0	178	98	81	19	124	2	244	8	2	17	1.296	6.9	0.7	4.8	9.4	1.97
4	Alan Daniel	21	5	4	.556	2.92	34	2		1	0	10	77.0	61	31	25	3	30	4	85	3	0	4	1.182	7.1	0.4	3.5	9.9	2.83
5	Hugh Hamilton*	24	0	2	.000	6.43	7	0		0	0	0	7.0	14	10	5	0	4	0	8	0	0	0	2.571	18.0	0.0	5.1	10.3	2.00
6	Angel Leon*	18	0	6	.000	4.98	18	6		1	0	0	56.0	74	59	31	6	39	0	43	0	0	7	2.018	11.9	1.0	6.3	6.9	1.10	Stats for 2 teams
7	Butch Metzger	19	3	7	.300	6.49	13	13		2	0	0	68.0	83	64	49	16	48	3	65	4	0	3	1.926	11.0	2.1	6.4	8.6	1.35
8	Karl O'Brien	22	0	3	.000	5.14	6	3		0	0	0	14.0	18	14	8	0	9	0	11	2	0	1	1.929	11.6	0.0	5.8	7.1	1.22
9	John Parslow	18	2	2	.500	5.57	21	1		0	0	0	63.0	69	47	39	6	36	1	30	5	0	2	1.667	9.9	0.9	5.1	4.3	0.83
10	Lou Pasierb*	24	1	3	.250	4.50	9	5		2	0	1	30.0	26	24	15	0	21	0	30	1	0	2	1.567	7.8	0.0	6.3	9.0	1.43
11	Willie Prall*	21	4	0	1.000	1.55	4	4		1	0	0	29.0	19	6	5	1	20	0	40	0	0	2	1.345	5.9	0.3	6.2	12.4	2.00
12	Luis Quintana*	19	6	5	.545	5.01	20	13		4	0	1	79.0	86	51	44	10	43	0	84	6	0	6	1.633	9.8	1.1	4.9	9.6	1.95
13	John Sielicki*	19	6	2	.750	3.26	9	9		2	1	0	69.0	72	30	25	7	18	0	77	3	0	0	1.304	9.4	0.9	2.3	10.0	4.28
14	Donald Spain	23	0	2	.000	7.50	7	1		0	0	0	18.0	27	15	15	2	7	0	14	0	0	3	1.889	13.5	1.0	3.5	7.0	2.00
15	Steven Tener	18	6	13	.316	4.35	23	22		4	0	0	153.0	148	89	74	14	86	4	134	8	1	19	1.529	8.7	0.8	5.1	7.9	1.56
16	Gary Williams	21	6	7	.462	3.24	26	11		7	0	1	111.0	102	52	40	5	50	2	72	2	0	6	1.369	8.3	0.4	4.1	5.8	1.44	Stats for 2 teams
	16 Players	20.1	54	70	.435	3.90	124	124	84	40	8	20	1053.0	988	580	456	92	532	14	1036	44	3	69	1.443	8.4	0.8	4.5	8.9	1.95

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
David Ravare	57	506	36	8	3	.985	9.51	2
Mike Powers	38	322	29	10	3	.972	9.24	7
Chuck Erickson	20	155	16	9	1	.950	8.55	8
Pedro Cintron	12	92	6	2	0	.980	8.17	3

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Skip James	77	650	35	6	48	.991	8.90
Efrain Piza	32	218	11	5	15	.979	7.16
Chuck Erickson	11	77	5	1	3	.988	7.45
Mike Powers	5	31	1	1	2	.970	6.40

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Larry Milbourne	114	256	239	21	48	.959	4.34
Terry Nelson	7	13	20	1	2	.971	4.71
Jesus Aristimuno	2	2	3	0	0	1.000	2.50
Efrain Pratts	1	1	2	1	0	.750	3.00
Edward Sickinger	1	1	5	1	1	.857	6.00
Thomas Smith	1	2	1	1	1	.750	3.00

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Charles Munsch	68	43	140	15	3	.924	2.69
Thomas Smith	54	42	100	13	7	.916	2.63
Larry Milbourne	1	1	0	1	0	.500	1.00
Efrain Pratts	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.00

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Manny Perez	37	43	97	14	18	.909	3.78
Jesus Aristimuno	27	44	68	8	12	.933	4.15
Thomas Smith	27	43	58	10	10	.910	3.74
Terry Nelson	17	26	47	4	6	.948	4.29
Efrain Pratts	13	13	25	5	2	.884	2.92
Larry Milbourne	8	10	17	5	1	.844	3.38
Edward Sickinger	5	9	16	1	1	.962	5.00

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Chuck Erickson	85	108	8	7	2	.943	1.36
Al Smith	67	117	8	4	1	.969	1.87
Joey Martin	42	47	6	2	2	.964	1.26
George Maldonado	41	68	2	4	0	.946	1.71
Gregory Prickett	34	47	3	6	0	.893	1.47
Efrain Pratts	26	22	4	3	0	.897	1.00
Lou Pasierb	23	37	0	3	0	.925	1.61
Edward Sickinger	21	25	4	1	1	.967	1.38
Michael Haynes	19	28	3	4	0	.886	1.63
Richard Thomas	7	11	0	0	0	1.000	1.57
Leon Lacour	6	8	0	1	0	.889	1.33
Jesus Aristimuno	4	8	0	0	0	1.000	2.00
Thomas Smith	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.00

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Alan Daniel	34	5	8	0	2	1.000	0.38
John D'Acquisto	31	6	36	3	1	.933	1.35
Arthur Carpenter	30	4	17	2	0	.913	0.70
Gary Williams	26	12	21	0	0	1.000	1.27	Stats for 2 teams
Steven Tener	23	8	31	1	0	.975	1.70
John Parslow	21	2	8	3	0	.769	0.48
Luis Quintana	20	3	16	1	2	.950	0.95
Angel Leon	18	1	8	5	0	.643	0.50	Stats for 2 teams
Thomas Borzecki	14	2	9	1	0	.917	0.79
Butch Metzger	13	2	10	1	0	.923	0.92
Lou Pasierb	9	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.22
John Sielicki	9	3	8	0	0	1.000	1.22
Hugh Hamilton	7	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.14
Donald Spain	7	0	4	0	0	1.000	0.57
Karl O'Brien	6	2	3	2	0	.714	0.83
Willie Prall	4	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.50

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Jesus Aristimuno	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	157	Oct 24, 1947	Casanay, Sucre, VE
Thomas Borzecki	22	L	L	6' 3.0"	195	Dec 16, 1948	Buffalo, NY, US
Arthur Carpenter	22	L	L	6' 2.0"	195	1949
Pedro Cintron	20	R	R	5' 11.0"	180	1951
John D'Acquisto	19	R	R	6' 2.0"	205	Dec 24, 1951	San Diego, CA, US
Alan Daniel	21	R	R	6' 1.0"	195	1950
Chuck Erickson	20	R	R	6' 2.0"	200	Apr 13, 1951	Houston, TX, US
Hugh Hamilton	24	R	L	5' 10.0"	190	1947
Michael Haynes	19	L	L	6' 2.0"	180	1952
Skip James	21	L	L	6' 0.0"	185	Oct 21, 1949	Elmhurst, IL, US
Leon Lacour	23	R	R	6' 1.0"	175	1948
Angel Leon	18	L	L	6' 1.0"	158	1953
George Maldonado	20	L	R	6' 3.0"	190	Sep 24, 1950	Sparks, NV, US
Willie Manassa	21	R	R	6' 1.0"	182	1950
Joey Martin	22	L	R	6' 2.0"	195	May 1, 1949
Butch Metzger	19	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	May 23, 1952	Lafayette, IN, US
Larry Milbourne	20	S	R	6' 0.0"	161	Feb 14, 1951	Port Norris, NJ, US
David Mitcham	22	L	R	6' 1.0"	190	1949
Charles Munsch	23	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	Mar 22, 1948
Terry Nelson	20	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	Aug 26, 1950
Karl O'Brien	22	R	R	6' 4.0"	195	1949
John Parslow	18	R	R	6' 4.0"	175	Sep 29, 1952
Lou Pasierb	24	L	L	5' 11.0"	185	1947
Manny Perez	--					Unknown
Efrain Piza	20	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	1951
Mike Powers	22	R	R	6' 0.0"	195	Dec 19, 1948	Fort Benning, GA, US
Willie Prall	21	L	L	6' 3.0"	200	Apr 20, 1950	Hackensack, NJ, US
Efrain Pratts	22	R	R	5' 8.0"	175	1949
Gregory Prickett	21	R	R	6' 2.0"	210	1950
Luis Quintana	19	L	L	6' 2.0"	175	Dec 25, 1951	Vega Baja, PR
David Ravare	21	R	R	5' 11.0"		1950
Edward Sickinger	24	R	R	5' 9.0"	170	1947
John Sielicki	19	S	L	6' 4.0"	205	Oct 12, 1951	Hartford, CT, US
Al Smith	21	L	R	5' 11.0"	185	Nov 5, 1949	Detroit, MI, US
Thomas Smith	19	S	R	6' 0.0"	170	Feb 19, 1952	San Diego, CA, US
Donald Spain	23	R	R	6' 1.0"	195	Mar 7, 1948
Steven Tener	18	R	R	6' 2.0"	189	Sep 2, 1952	Stockton, CA, US
Richard Thomas	18	S	R	6' 0.0"	170	Sep 16, 1952
Gary Williams	21	R	R	6' 3.0"	205	1950

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